Repeatedly introducing fears during sleep may ease phobias, a team of Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine researchers report in Nature Neuroscience. The technique, which produced small but measurable results, was tested in 15 healthy volunteers.

The New York Daily News reports the case of a Texas man who redefined the term "home brewed." The man, who was abstinent from alcohol, was infected with Saccharomyces cerevisiae, a pathogen that turned starch into beer in the man's gut.

ProPublica released results of its investigation into the risk of overdosing on acetaminophen and "the history of government delays and corporate pushback that have stalled efforts to better alert consumers to that risk."

The American Psychiatric Association's latest contribution to the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation's Choosing Wisely campaign doubles down on overuse of antipsychotics -- especially in treatment of dementia.

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